That… seems odd; vasectomies and hysterectomies are a specialty; there’s no way I’d want a GP or even a brain surgeon sterilizing me. And as far as specialists in the field go… are there really some that will refuse a consenting adult of sound mind?
read the article. please. it’s not about forcing any ol’ doctor to perform these procedures… it’s about when a doctor denies the procedures for their own personal reasons and opinions–even when it’s a treatment option for something else. someone very near and dear to me had to go to a different state because she’s (“only”) in her 20s and nobody around here would even consider it–even though another pregnancy might kill her.
Hell some of them don’t like the idea of guys being sterile, I’ve made jokes about how I’m probably sterile because of the abuse I put my body through and they act like I just said I spiked an infant into a rock.
That… seems odd; vasectomies and hysterectomies are a specialty; there’s no way I’d want a GP or even a brain surgeon sterilizing me. And as far as specialists in the field go… are there really some that will refuse a consenting adult of sound mind?
read the article. please. it’s not about forcing any ol’ doctor to perform these procedures… it’s about when a doctor denies the procedures for their own personal reasons and opinions–even when it’s a treatment option for something else. someone very near and dear to me had to go to a different state because she’s (“only”) in her 20s and nobody around here would even consider it–even though another pregnancy might kill her.
Religious nutters and male chauvinists don’t take well to the idea of taking away the childbearing capacity of a
broodmarepotential mother.Hell some of them don’t like the idea of guys being sterile, I’ve made jokes about how I’m probably sterile because of the abuse I put my body through and they act like I just said I spiked an infant into a rock.